NEW DELHI: Signalling a push towards further deregulation, the Council of Ministers led by PM Narendra Modi spent over four hours on Thursday taking stock of recommendations of a high-level committee led by NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba and reforms by ministries.The discussions happened amid a clear message from PM Modi that govt shouldn’t interfere…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports of any shortage, govt on Thursday asserted that there was no rationing of petrol and diesel anywhere in the country and attributed long queues at fuel pumps in some parts to bulk diesel consumers, such as industries, shifting to retail outlets due to a price gap of nearly Rs 42 a…
SRINAGAR: Climate activist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk will take part Friday in talks with the Centre on Ladakh, doing so as part of a delegation for the first time since such parleys began in 2023 on the political future of the Union territory (UT).LAB, an umbrella group of the region’s political…
BENGALURU: Nearly four years after space PSU NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) awarded the first private-sector contract worth Rs 860-crore to manufacture five Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLVs), space regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) is offering full transfer of technology (ToT) of the rocket to industry.If the industry takes up on the…
NEW DELHI: Surge in use of air-conditioners amid the scorching heat pushed power demand to an all-time high of 270.8 gigawatt (GW) on Thursday, almost matching the peak projected by the ministry of power for the summer of 2026.It was the fourth consecutive day that national power demand breached the previous record and touched a…
NEW DELHI: Pilots operating Air India’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight on Thursday night declared a full emergency after getting engine fire warning in the flight deck. The aircraft landed safely at IGI Airport’s runway 29R at 9.30 pm, where operations were suspended for a while. The airport’s follow me and other emergency vehicles sent to the runway…
The 2026 Kerala assembly election marked the return of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) to power after a decade, ending the Left Democratic Front’s two consecutive terms in office.The UDF secured 102 of the state’s 140 assembly seats, delivering a decisive mandate that exceeded most pre-poll projections. Congress emerged as the single largest party…
NEW DELHI: Activist and former JNU student leader Umar Khalid has moved the Delhi High Court seeking 15 days’ interim bail from May 22 to June 5 in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. The plea comes after a trial court rejected his request for temporary release on May 19.Khalid has sought interim bail…
The Calcutta high court on Thursday refused to interfere with the West Bengal government’s notification restricting the slaughter of bulls, bullocks, cows, calves and buffaloes ahead of Bakr Eid next week. A division bench comprising chief justice Sujoy Paul and justice Partha Sarathi Sen observed that the notification had been issued in compliance with earlier…
NEW DELHI: NTA director general Abhishek Singh on Thursday told the parliamentary panel that the NEET-UG 2026 paper was not leaked “through their system” and said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the matter.Several MPs on Thursday grilled top National Testing Agency (NTA) officials over the alleged NEET paper leak during a meeting…